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Meanings of restrictiveness in English

A lack of permissiveness or indulgence and a tendency to confine behavior within certain specified limits.

Usage of restrictiveness in English
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The restrictiveness is evident in the long title which outlines the Bill's intention.
The Irish Times
2
That seems such a stupid restrictiveness, but it's a case of cookies, so I'll cut that out.
The Whole Family: a Novel by Twelve Authors
3
It means that we lack a common vision and we operate in a climate of fear and restrictiveness.
Radio NZ
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So they are going to replace the companies that are actually trying to protect their content with their restrictiveness.
The new yorker
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The intention of such restrictiveness was to keep the neighborhoods safe as crews worked to repair a devastated infrastructure.
Climbing Magazine
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Using a qualitative case study approach, we selected four states with varying levels of restrictiveness in their nurse delegation regulations.
Pubmed
Restrictiveness through the time